“Cirque Du Soleil: Worlds Away” — A sliver of a plot is merely an excuse to see the jaw-dropping circus troupe on the big screen in 3-D. (PG for some dramatic images and mild sensuality; AS-14)

“Django Unchained” — With the help of his mentor, a slave-turned-bounty hunter sets out to rescue his wife from a brutal Mississippi plantation owner. (R for strong graphic violence throughout, a vicious fight, language and some nudity; AS-14, H-16, M-6)

“End of Watch” — Jake Gyllenhaal and Michael Pena are two police officers marked for murder by a drug cartel in the latest gritty cop drama from writer-director David Ayer (“Training Day”). (R for strong violence, some disturbing images, pervasive language including sexual references, and some drug use; WM-6)

“Frankenweenie” — Tim Burton returns to his roots with this 3-D, black-and-white feature-length adaptation of a famed short about a boy who manages to bring his beloved pet dog back from the dead. (PG for thematic elements, scary images and action; WM-6)

“The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey” — Director Peter Jackson (“The Lord of the Rings”) returns to Middle Earth with this first installment in a $500 million trilogy of films based on J.R.R. Tolkien’s novel. Martin Freeman is the young Bilbo Baggins who accompanies the wizard Gandalf (Ian McKellen) and a gang of dwarves on a series of adventures. (PG-13 for extended sequences of intense fantasy action violence, and frightening images; AS-14, H-16, M-6, P, R, V)

“Hotel Transylvania” — Adam Sandler, Kevin James and Andy Samberg voice this animated comedy about a boy who discovers Dracula is real — and falls in love with his daughter. (PG for some rude humor, action and scary images; WM-6)

“Jack Reacher” — Christopher McQuarrie (“The Way of the Gun”) directs Tom Cruise as a homicide investigator involving a military-trained sniper. There will be conspiracies. And car chases. (PG-13 for violence, language and some drug material; AS-14, H-16, M-6)

“Life of Pi” — Ang Lee adapts the novel about the son of an Indian zookeeper stranded on a lifeboat with a 450-pound Bengal tiger. (PG for emotional thematic content throughout, and some scary action sequences and peril; H-16)

“Lincoln” — Daniel Day-Lewis stars as the 16th president during his final months in office. Sally Field, David Strathairn, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, James Spader and Tommy Lee Jones round out the supporting cast. (PG-13 for an intense scene of war violence, some images of carnage and brief strong language; AS-14)

“Playing for Keeps” — A former soccer star (Gerard Butler) starts coaching his son’s team and becomes the apple of every soccer mom’s eye. (PG-13 for some sexual situations, language and a brief intense image; H-16)

“Red Dawn” — Long-delayed remake of the 1980s staple about a group of teens defending the United States from a foreign invasion. (PG-13 for sequences of intense war violence and action, and for language; H-16)

“The Rise of the Guardians” — Santa Claus, the Easter Bunny, the Tooth Fairy and other legendary titans must join forces to fight off an evil spirit that threatens to spoil the innocence of children the world over. (PG for thematic elements and some mildly scary action; AS-14, H-16, M-6)

“Skyfall” — Bond’s loyalty to M is tested as her past comes back to haunt her. As MI6 comes under attack, 007 must track down and destroy the threat, no matter how personal the cost. (PG-13 for intense violent sequences throughout, some sexuality, language and smoking; AS-14, H-16)

“Taken 2” — Last time, they took Liam Neeson’s daughter hostage. This time, they’ve kidnapped Neeson himself. (PG-13 for intense sequences of violence and action, and some sensuality; WM-6)

“The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn — Part 2” — The final installment in the record-setting franchise calls for all-out war to save the baby of Bella and Edward. (PG-13 for sequences of violence including disturbing images, some sensuality and partial nudity; AS-14)

“Wreck-It Ralph” — The villain (voiced by John C. Reilly) of an old-school 1980s arcade video game tires of being the bad guy and starts to sneak into other video games. (PG for some rude humor and mild action/violence; H-16)